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| A spent shell casing that a reader found on the sidewalk on Montrose, between Malden & Beacon, last Saturday |
A reader writes: "1:30am - I awake to what I think are the sounds of firecrackers, turns out someone was shot on the sidewalk at Windsor and Clarendon. I'm assuming the person who was shot was still alive because the ambulance took him away but he never moved."
But he didn't live. According to Chicago Breaking News:
"Two people are dead following two separate shootings on Chicago's Far South and North Sides. The victims are just two of seven people shot overnight throughout Chicago. [...] About 1:26 a.m., a 29-year-old man was shot multiple times in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago's North Side. Officers responded to the scene in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue and found the victim who was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He was later pronounced dead."Our condolences to our neighbors who knew and loved this man, and who are suffering his loss today.
We have to wonder if this next bit was in retaliation. Another reader writes: "Has anyone else written in about shots fired at 4:35am? I live in Truman Square and they seemed to come from the area around Sheridan and Lawrence. Five in a row, very deliberate, spaced out with about two seconds between them."
Update: Channel 7's take on it. And Channel 2. And the Sun-Times.
I thought I heard shots fired at 4:30 in the morning. I honestly wasn't sure if they were shots or fireworks because I have been fortunate enough to have not heard gunshots before. I live near Leland and Broadway.
ReplyDeleteThe shots were exactly as the reader described - 4-5 shots in rapid succession with spaces of time between each.
When is something going to be done to stop the violence instead of just responding after the fact. Anyone can go to the scene of the crime and clean up the bullets/bodies. Did they find this guy? Probably not they never do or if they do the person is usually released. I am so sick of this BS. The mayor and the alderman rant about law abiding citizens having guns but do NOTHING about the gangs that go around shooting up the streets. It starts with Daley and goes down to Shiller. They are all pompous idiots.
ReplyDeleteNeil, Neil, Neil, don't you understand. We NEED those gun laws, the City of Chicago will now be in a state of complete anarchy.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, we'll need more money for added programs. That's Miz Shiller's solution - more money for "youth" programs. MIND YOU, the fisticuffs incidents happened just steps from Alternatives - a youth center.
We need a few good cops to take this shit out - one way or another. I mean it, I'm done. Do what you have to do, F the law.
I also heard the shots at 4:30am from near Leland/Broadway.
ReplyDeleteCan UU have a running total of confirmed shootings on the homepage for 2010? It's one thing to wake up and see this every three days but think it would be extra alarming to see exactly how many shootings have taken place in first half of the year at any given time.
ReplyDeletejimo, i'm confused by your post. at first you sound like a anti-gun advocate, then 'we need more cops' finished by f*#k the law??
ReplyDeletereality is the police are underfunded and under supported to handle all the gangs.
citizens with guns could discourage certain types of crimes (i.e. burglaries).
What do you mean by "do what you have to do?" Sounds like a call for violence to counteract violence to me...
I heard the shots at 4:35 this morning... I'm on Kemmore between Leland and Lawrence. They sounded as close as the alley behind my building.
ReplyDeletedid anyone contact police about the 430 "shots"? I live right there, but heard nothing.
ReplyDeleteNo matter how much work we do in this neighborhood to stop or local the gangs, the problem continues with new gangs moving into the neighborhood and fighting for more drug territory. And how are those new gangs like the Black P Stones getting moved from places like Cabrini Green into Uptown? By the CHA Plan for Transformation.
ReplyDeleteThe city transforms our neighborhood into the city's gang containment zone while cleaning up other areas, such as Cabrini Green, by using forced moves building closures and then reallocating Project Section 8 funding from the clean up area to the Uptown containment area.
Thanks a helluva lot Dept of Housing. It's not like we can't see what you are doing. And, why aren't the tenant screening and off-the-lease tenant rules enforced in this neighborhood the same way they are enforced in the cleanup neighborhoods?
Why are all these gangs ruling certain tax payer subsidized buildings and getting even more money from the TIF program to feather the gang leader's nests?
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Some of those same building have been rules by gangs up here for 20 years. Why is that Police Commander, Alderman Shiller, and Mayor Daley?
There was a shooting but shots fired at or around 4:30 where something else like possible fireworks. Here is the release I read.
ReplyDeleteA man found shot multiple times early Wednesday in the North Side Uptown neighborhood has died.
Officers responded to the report of a person shot at 1:26 a.m. in the 4500 block of North Clarendon Avenue, according to a release from police News Affairs.
Police found a 29-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, the release said.
Detrick Garrett, of the 4500 block of North Sheridan Road, was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m. at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, according to a spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
I heard the 4:30 shots and called the police. They were immediately responsive and even called me back to ask that I go downstairs and talk to the officers. Of course, at that point, I had no idea there had been a homicide a few hours earlier.
ReplyDeleteI had actually wanted to volunteer to work at the upcoming Ribfest Weekend but this frightens me; I've changed my mind. I hate to let the bangers win but what else do we do? Do we know what type of police presence we will have yet?
ReplyDeleteLets face it people nothing is going to be done to stop the violence in our neighborhood until Shiller is voted out of office (and Daley too) and someone who gives a shit about Uptown is voted in.
ReplyDeleteShiller does nothing but perpetuate the crime by opening and supporting large low income housing structures that breed the criminal element (as evidenced here in Chicago and all over the U.S.). She never publicly speaks out about these incidents until tons of pressure is put on her then she calls it "fisticuffs". She lives on the very outskirts of Uptown (almost in Andersonville) in a posh quiet area where she can ignore and never experience the violence. She is never in her office to hear public concerns or even see the violence outside her office door. She thinks the things that go on here are just normal daily life and that other places have it worse. She just wants all of us to stop our complaining and live with it.
You think it is bad now, wait until the new Cabrini Green/Wilson Yard is fully occupied. Despite the supposed screening process, you know the legit grandma will allow her gang banger grandson(s) to move in with here without the knowledge or approval of those in charge. This is how these places turn into breeding grounds for gangs and violence.
Prepare yourselves, the violence is only going to get worse!
I only hope that our next alderman will be able to start cleaning the streets up and shutting down the low income buildings that harbor the criminals of Uptown. Properly use TIF's to support our police, schools, and encourage true businesses to locate here. There is no reason our stretch of Broadway could not have businesses like Gap, Aldo, Bebe, unique botiques (not wig shops and dime store dress shops)and fine dining restaurants.
In my opinion the one person that can turn things around in Uptown the best is Molly Phelan! Ever since meeting here and having dinner with her 2 years ago, I have wanted her to run for alderman. She definitely has the best interests of Uptown in mind and heart. With her knowledge and connections in Chicago, she can truly turn Uptown into a great vibrant and safe neighborhood people will want to live in!
This is Why we should elect Michael Carroll as the next Alderman. He is a Chicago Cop and has experience dealing with these people. I am voting for him and I hope you do as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is probably not the appropriate thread to make a political endorsement.
ReplyDeleteThere will be plenty of threads to post your feelings on the superiority of the candidate of your choice.
Improve the Broadway streetscape with interesting retail shops? Yes!
ReplyDeleteGeneric franchise operations such as can be seen in other neighborhoods and suburban strip malls? No!
More like Clark & Foster - less like Clark & Diversey!
Trubhbearer, that's the perfect phrase...Uptown Containment Area.
ReplyDeleteCabrini Green, closed. Lower Wacker Dr, fenced off. Move 'em all to Uptown...fill the area with social service agencies, shelters and section 8 housing. Contained.
To "TheComfortZone" - Really? You were going to volunteer at the Ribfest, during a weekend day when thousands of people will be around, but a shooting that occurred at 4:35 a.m. on Wednesday morning scared you off? I don't mean to sound insensitive, and I hate the violence as much as the next person, but you may feel more comfortable living somewhere downstate. Living in the city requires a certain amount of courage and gumption if you're going to enjoy it, and not spend your time cowering inside.
ReplyDeleteRe. my earlier comment... meant 1:30a.m., not 4:30a.m.
ReplyDeleteLocal Lassie: "Generic franchise operations such as can be seen in other neighborhoods and suburban strip malls? No!"
ReplyDeleteI guess we should ask Target, Borders, Jewel, Chase, Citibank, etc. to leave? You need a base of chain retail to attract unique retail as well. I agree that the stretch of Clark in Andersonville is very nice and unique but I would like to see more for our area.
Go farther down Halsted in Lincoln Park to Armitage and Halsted and you will see how well the chain stores and unique stores work well together.
In any case, we need a positive change for our neighborhood.
My wife and I just bought a place here last year thinking that the violence would dwindle and the new Target would bring in other businesses to gentrify Uptown. So far, all I have seen is an escalation in violence, shots fired right around the corner from me, and now someone killed right by the park I always walk my dog at.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting so tired of this. Needless to say, I'm going to vote against Shiller next election. I hesitated to move here, but decided that it would be a worthwhile risk. I guess I was wrong. Uptown has so much potential, but it's getting wasted by the low-life demographic that lives here. It's disgusting and it's sad.
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ReplyDeleteWe know who the bad guys are in Uptown - Both the Thugs AND the elected officials.
No one is going to "give" Uptown back to the good guys. Not the police, not the elected officials, and not the thugs. It needs to be taken back 1 fight at a time, and in a dignified manner.
Follow through on your small commitments to make Uptown better. Call 911, get involved, take pictures, shop at our businesses and engage the owners and managers to be good community members, fix a small problem before it becomes a big one, and hold those in positions to bring about change to a higher standard.
Swisshammer - Target hasn't even opened yet. Give it a little time before you concede that its presence here won't help in the change....
I have been here 2 years now. Uptown's potential has not diminished. The 3,000,000+ hits to this Website confirm that!
Here is my challenge to everyone. If you see something you don't like in your community in the next week - Do something about it in addition to posting here. Report some vandalism, call 911 on a hunch, or 311 for a person in need.
I will be honest with you...I almost always assume someone else is addressing the problem. If we all think that way, there will be no record of the community position that the service we are receiving is NOT okay and that the conditions here where safety and civility are concerned are not to our standards.
In the current climate ie; liberal society. The Police are not going to risk their jobs, homes and freedom just to make an arrest. We have a former FBI agent for a boss who has already sent an officer to federal prison after this same officer served his punishment on the State level. We have no one to back us when things get a little hairy. Thats part of the reason I love reading this blog. Everyone wants the Police to do this,that and the other thing, but when we get sued you'll be the same people sitting on the jury hitting us with punitive damages.
ReplyDeleteIn the past year 2 retired detectives have been hit with $40,000 each in punitive damages, 2 officers got hit with $20,000 and 3 detectives were hit with $110,000 each. It used to be where officers were not hit with punitive damages, but thats not the case anymore. So as a society, you will now reap what you've sewn.
Sorry if this isn't what you wanted to hear but if you want an affective Police force violence must be met with violence. Until that time most of us will be parked somewhere quiet reading our papers and playing games on our blackberries and of course responding only to our radio assignments with our kid gloves on.
Good luck folks but the solution your looking for isn't the Police.
That's true, Stash. Perhaps I've jumped the gun. We'll see how Target changes the neighborhood in a year. But we've already seen how the Wilson Yard project has quickly become something different from what we expected.
ReplyDeleteThat casing appears to be caliber
ReplyDelete.45 ACP. "ACP" stands for "Automatic Colt Pistol". Its a fancy way of saying the bad guys are using .45 pistols. Out at 1:30 or 4:30 am, nothing good happens at that time of night. Most decent people are home and in bed sleeping because they have JOBS, something most of these hoodrats do not have.
Officer Not So Friendly. I appreciate your comment and counldnt agree with you more. This society is too Liberal. I would love if our society appreciated the police and allowed them to do what is necessary in order to keep the streets safe. If you gotta meet force with force I am all for it. Thats the only way things are going to change.
ReplyDelete"To uptown rising" - Your statement "Living in the city requires a certain amount of courage and gumption if you're going to enjoy it, and not spend your time cowering inside", is a bit insensitive.
ReplyDelete"The comfort zone" has every right to feel scared to work the ribfest or live in Uptown. Living in uptown and Chicago can be very scarey! Gunshots, gangs, drug dealers, and now a death in Uptown. I've lived in Uptown for almost 10 years and because of the violence am ready to go. We have had to duck in our apartment because of gunshots and the person got shot in front of our gate. Calling the police 3 to 4 times of day because drug dealers camp out in front of the apartment, hearing gunshots. It has nothing to do with courage or gumption to be able to live in a city. It's about feeling safe in your apartment, walking the streets, riding the train, etc. Uptown is dangerous.
So Officer Not So Friendly, because other people have sat on juries and handed out punitive damages, you've decided that we in Uptown don't deserve your protection because there's an outside chance that we might possibly do the same thing, given the chance? Talk about profiling.
ReplyDeleteI doubt if you'll find a more police-friendly neighborhood in the city. Copwatch films you... we hold them in the contempt they deserve. Ald. Shiller's sonny boy sues cops -- it's a rare person on this blog who will admit to being pro-Shiller (either of them). Gangbangers give you a hard time -- guess what, we aint' them. We hate them.
We support our cops. We love our cops. But because some juries, somewhere, have awarded punitive damages, you won't wholly do your job and say it's our own damn fault because you've got an attitude.
Hate J-Fled. Hate Da Mayor. Hate the alderman and her spawn. Hate the gangbangers who give shoot at you. But think twice before hating the citizens of Uptown. We're on your side, buddy.
The Police are not going to risk their jobs, homes and freedom just to make an arrest.
ReplyDeleteSo, you're just going to risk the lives, homes and freedom of those who you've sworn to protect by sitting in your cruiser?
If that's the case, brother, it's time to turn in your shield.
Just remember this: folks around here are all fired up to support cops that support us.
Tell us what you need to get out of you cruiser, and you might be surprised.
That is, of course, if you're actually a cop - and compared to all the cops that I do know, I'm kinda' doubting your bona fides.
Uptown Rising: I enjoy living in Uptown and have no plans to live downstate nor do I have plans to "cower" inside on the weekends. I simply changed my mind about volunteering. Having thousands of people around will surely not stop a shooter from shooting into a crowd. I've been here for over 10 years so I think I have enough courage to live here, just sense enough not to put myself in harm's way on purpose.
ReplyDeleteSj: Thanks, I appreciate your comments.
OFFICERNOTSOFRIENDLY;
ReplyDeleteWOW! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? DID YOU REALLY JUST MAKE THOSE COMMENTS ON THIS BLOG? HERE'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU. THERE ARE BAD COPS OUT THERE WHO PROBABLY NEED TO BE SUED. MY SON, WHO HAS SOME MENTAL CHALLENGES AND IS A BIT HANDICAPPED HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO GET ARRESTED BY TWO OF THOSE BAD DETECTIVES FROM A STUPID WARRANT FOR "FAILURE TO SHOW UP" AND LOST HALF OF HIS FINGER FROM GETTING IT SLAMMED IN THE DOOR WHEN THEY WERE ARRESTING HIM. WHAT DID THEY DO? THE HANDCUFFED HIM, WALKED HIM DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS BLEEDING ALL OVER AND DIDN'T BOTHER TO RETRIEVE HIS FINGER IN THE HOPE IT COULD BE RE-ATTACHED. IT WASN'T UNTIL HE WAS DOWN THOSE 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS, THROWN UP AGAINST THE SQUAD CAR AND PASSERS BY GOT ON THE DETECTIVES THAT THEY DID ANYTHING. SO DO I THINK SOME OF YOU SHOULD BE SUED? YOU BETCHA! DO I THINK THOSE MEAN COPS OVERSHADOW THE GOOD COPS? YOU BETCHA! BUT YOUR COMMENTS SAID "I DON'T CARE IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GETS SHOT UP, I'M NOT GETTING SUED". YOU NEED TO RETIRE PAL!
TheComfortZone: "Having thousands of people around will surely not stop a shooter from shooting into a crowd." I'm not sure what to make of this. It just seems to me that deciding not to volunteer at Ribfest because someone was shot at 1:30 in the morning seems strange to me. Sort of like deciding not to shop at Whole Foods at 3pm because a liquor store two blocks away was robbed at 1am the night before. The reasons behind a 1:30 a.m. shooting are totally unrelated to the reasons that some deranged person might fire shots into a Ribsfest crowd. So deny yourself the pleasure of attending (or volunteering at) Ribsfest because of a 1:30 a.m. shooting suggests that your interpretation of "putting yourself in harms way" might be overly broad.
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ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure the city of Chicago has a proven track record of over-protecting their police officers from scrutiny, civil charges, and criminal charges. The list of names is too long to recount.
Your supposition is flawed by sample size problems, and sample selection bias.
Being a police officer is a very, very tough job, and requires an extraordinary amount of courage and altruism. If you have become scared of the repercussions of your job, and indifferent to the community you represent, you cannot be an effective officer IMHO. Sorry if that isn't what you wanted to hear.
Uptown Rising: I appreciate your comments and respect your opinion.
ReplyDeleteWith a name like officernotsofriendly, what do you people expect?
ReplyDeleteAllow me to clear some things up.
ReplyDeleteTruman Square Neighbor, I never said I wouldn't do my job. I'm saying that police aggressiveness is at an all time low.The juries awarding these damages are right here in Cook County. Which leaves you and I and the members of the juries to foot these bills.Lastly I never said I hated the citizens of uptown. I worked on the westside for a long time and there is no doubt the people of Uptown are far more supportive of the police and I appreciate that.But we need the support of the legislators. From the Governor down to the Alderman and until that happens nothing will change.
Now with one of my fellow officers being killed today you watch and see the politicians talk about what a great job he did and what a great guy he was. But within a week he will be forgotten by them and everything will return to normal as far as their concerned.
Yo, I'm pretty sure I know more police than you, and my feelings mirror that of the majority. As bitter as may sound I do a hell of a lot more than most.
Kris, if your son had a warrant for a failure to appear? Then he needed to be arrested. Thats what happens when people have warrants. Obviously he fought the police that day or at least resisted and while I'm sorry he lost his finger if he is mentally challenged as you say then you should've made sure he attended court when he was supposed to. You also put into quotations the sentence I don't care if your neighborhood gets shot up, I'm not getting sued. I'm not sure who your quoting but it sure the hell isn't me.
Trey, I'm pretty sure this is 2010 and the police dept. you speak of is long gone. Two names John Burge and Bill Cozzi. In fact Anita Alvarez, your cook county states attorney ran on the platform of putting police officers in jail. So wake up and smell the 21st century.
Robert, thanks for your support.
If you folks are bothered by my previous comments your gonna love this one. A couple of days ago I received my monthly police newsletter. It showed the retirees for march and april of 2010. The list included the names of 200 police officers. While the city is only hiring 60 for the entire year. The police dept. is budgeted for 13,500 officers, our numbers are well below 10,000 and falling quickly if you do the math. Several times within the last two weeks the 23rd district has had only 10 cars manned during the daytime hours. Thats a total of 11 police officers. Now thats scary.
I support the police as much or more as anyone else out there, and that's a fact. I've grown up around cops, I have friends who are cops, and I know what their frustrations are in this city and believe they are almost always justified. And I can't even begin to describe how hard of a job they really have. How many people do you know that would run TOWARD the sound of gunfire?
ReplyDeleteThat said, reading comments from OfficerNotSoFriendly simply shows he or she is the type who wants to dog it on the job and took a few comments from people on UU that weren't supportive of the police to say that he or she isn't going to risk any of the issues cops run into when making arrests by dogging it and sitting in the car playing on a blackberry. You always wanted to dog it, and congratulations, you found your excuse.
Got a problem with that? You made an assumption about me and my support of the police, so I went ahead and made an assumption about your dedication to the job.
officer ...,
ReplyDeletefair 'nuff, and thanks for the clarification.
That aside ..,
But we need the support of the legislators. From the Governor down to the Alderman and until that happens nothing will change.
Would it be possible to give up some specifics as to what sorts of support that you need?
Conveniently enough, there's an election coming up (2, actually) - and this might be a good time for the people to get into the grills of our elected officials and see what we can do.
I am not a "dog" but I am not getting suied either!!!! I cant tell you how many times the arestee that I have in the back seat of my squad car contunialy bashes his/her OWN head against the metal divider, then claims that I did it. A POLICE BRUTALITY BULL*#&! lawsuit is filed against the police department and ME! I am NOT loosing my house because the liberal juries award these thugs money dispite the fact that they have a lengthy rap sheet and I have no rap sheet!
ReplyDeleteWHOA FRUSTRATED50, NO ONE CALLED YOU OR ANY OTHER COMMENTER ON THIS BLOG A "DOG". CALM DOWN. DO THE SQUADS HAVE VIDEO CAMS IN THEM? IF THEY DO, WHY CAN'T THE OFFICERS TURN THE CAM TOWARDS THE DETAINEE AREA IN THE BACK SEAT? ALSO, I DON'T KNOW WHY SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE USED THE TERM "LIBERALS" IN CONJUNCTION WITH JURY'S AND LAWSUITS. ARE YOU BLAMING THE LIBERALS FOR THESE LAWSUITS? I SEEM TO RECALL THAT DALEY USED TO JUST "SETTLE" LAWSUITS WITHOUT TRIALS. HE HAS SINCE CHANGED THAT PRACTICE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO DEMAND TRIALS AND PROOF OF BRUTALITY. YOU SHOULD BE ON DALEY FOR ALL THE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS HE LET SETTLE, NOT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO BE PROTECTING.
ReplyDeleteYou people are nuts. well most of you. You need to realize the police are underpowered in sheer numbers and fire power. While these cops know what they are getting into on a day to day basis and have the intention of doing good for all of you, its you people that turn your backs on them and beleive what the media wants you to beleive. Until you walk a day-week-month or year in their shoes I dont think you have the right to make judgement. My guess is that your some of the same people that wouldnt go to war if our country needed you. Its much easier to be a sideline quarterback then to actually get involved like they do. Maybe when you turn your liberal ideas around and support the police things will change. Until that happens you will see more of the same. And by change simply voting in a new Alderman that would be a start. Asking questions about why the number of police offiers on the street decreases when crime is increasing. When you see a crime report it and dont be afriad to testify. Whats the point of getting someone locked up for the night if your not there to testify to keep him off the streets. Whats the term "If your gonna talk the talk then walk the walk" - I want to thank all Chicago Police Officers that deal with these savages on the streets that have no respect for the common person.
ReplyDeleteFolks, here's the problem as I see it. Because of Daley's emasculation of the Police Department things are done a different way today. Here's a likely scenario for you. 5-10 years ago when an Officer saw a group of thugs standing around or walking down the street, the Police would stop them, identify them and ascertain what they were doing. Now, when the Police see that same group of thugs standing around or walking down the street, they don't stop them. Why you ask? Because the Police know that with every confrontation the risk of a lawsuit and a Complaint Register number greatly increases. So what have the Police chosen to do? Not stop the thugs. It keeps us out of the IPRA offices and federal court. This is a direct result of what Mayor daley, and his co-conspirator Judy Weis have done to this Department. Guys know it's easier to look the other way, to become reactive as opposed to what we used to be which was proactive. Oh, we will respond as quickly as humanly possible to that "in progress "call but what we should have done and would have done just a few years ago, is stop those thugs before they broke into a home or shot up a street.We know that if that confrontation turns physical and there is a lawsuit which is almost a given, that the Department will not back us up. We also know that there is a very high probability that the same people that post on blogs that they support the Police will, if selected as jurors in the civil suit, render a verdict in favor of the plaintiff and award huge damages, possibly even punitive damages. I've been either a defendant or a witnesss in too many lawsuits to believe otherwise. I've seen too many BS beefs taken from the usual suspects and the resultant lengthy suspensions handed out like they were some kind of award.
ReplyDeleteNow, to the mother that claims that her son was victimized by the police, let me tell you this. In my time on the CPD, I've seen many use of force incidents by the Police. I have never seen however force that was not a result of something that the arrestee did to warrant it. The Police do not get up and say "I think we will go close a door on someone's hand today". I can guaranteee you that they went to your house to arrest your son, that he resisted or took it to a higher level and as a result was injured. But he was injured because HE decided to escalate the situation, not the Police.
BIG DADDY,
ReplyDeleteYOU ARE WRONG ABOUT MY SON RESISTING ARREST. HE LOST PART OF HIS FOOT IN AN ACCIDENT AND THEREFORE LOSES HIS BALANCE EASY, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED. HE GRABBED ONTO THE DOOR JAM TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND THE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS HAND. DID THE DETECTIVES CAUSE IT? NO AND I SAID AS MUCH IN MY COMMENT. I ALSO SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. MY POINT WAS THE LACK OF COMPASSION FOR HIM AS THEY HANDCUFFED HIM AND WALKED HIM DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. I SAID THEY DIDN'T BOTHER TO RETRIEVE HIS FINGER AND ONLY WHEN THEY GOT HIM DOWN TO THE SQUAD AND PEOPLE ON STATE AND ELM WHO WERE WALKING BY STARTED GETTING ON THE DETECTIVES BECAUSE HE WAS SCREAMING AND BLEEDING PROFUSELY, ONLY THAN DID THEY TRY TO CHARGE HIM WITH RESISTING ARREST. WHAT ELSE COULD THEY SAY TO COVER THEIR ASS? THEY SHOWED NO COMPASSION COMPASSION NOT EVEN ANY HEART. AND BY THE WAY, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON A LITTERING CHARGE AFTER HE THROW A POP CAN ON THE GROUND BY A COP. HARDLY A VIOLENT ACT AND A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY, BUT STILL, AGAINST THE LAW. THERE ARE SOME COPS OUT THERE WHO DON'T CARE, THERE ARE THOSE WHO DO, AS I SAID IN MY COMMENT. SADLY, THOSE THAT DON'T MAKE THE HEADLINES MORE THAN THOSE THAT DO. OH AND BY THE WAY, WE DID NOT SUE AND THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED. I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR AGGRESSION WHEN ARRESTING SOMEONE AND IF THE COPS MUST BE AGGRESSIVE THAN THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. SHOULDN'T MAKE AN ASSUMPTION BIG DADDY AND YOU KNOW THERE ARE BAD COPS OUT THERE. SADLY, MY SON HAD TWO OF THEM. LITTERING? COME ON! ALL THIS VIOLENCE IN UPTOWN AND THEY HAVE TIME TO ARREST SOMEONE FOR LITTERING? THE CPD IS UP AGAINST THE WALL, I HAVE SAID IT MANY TIMES, WE NEED NEW BLOOD IN THE POLITICS OF CHICAGO. PERHAPS THAN, THE CPD WILL GET THE EXTRA HELP AND BACKING THEY NEED.
Towanda-
ReplyDeleteI have one name for you. Donny Marquez. Know who he is? I'll tell you. He was a Chicago Police Officer who was murdered when he attempted to serve a civil summons on a senior citizen who didn't think the summons was serious enough for him to go to jail. Don't tell me about compassion for an offender, any offender who is placed under arrest for even the slightest crime. I've seen far too many of them do anything they can to get away. And that includes murdering a Police Officer.
BIG DADDY,
ReplyDeleteI SEE YOU HARBOR A LOT OF ANGER ABOUT THE WAY THE CP ARE TREATED BUT JUST LIKE I SAID, NOT ALL COPS ARE BAD, NOT ALL CITIZENS BEING ARRESTED ARE BAD EITHER. HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU. ANY REASON WHY THOSE DETECTIVES COULDN'T PICK UP HIS FINGER IN THE HOPES IT COULD BE RE-ATTACHED?
ANY REASON AT ALL? I'VE NEVER BEEN ARRESTED, I'M A LAW ABIDING TAXPAYER WHO HAS PRETTY MUCH WATCHED THE CITY I LOVE TURN INTO THE WILD WILD WEST AND I KNOW YOUR JOB IS TOUGH NOW BUT YOU WENT INTO THAT LINE OF WORK AND WITH THAT COMES DANGER. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU THINK ALL PEOPLE WHO GET ARRESTED ARE LOWLIFES, I WAS MERELY TRYING TO SAY THAT NO, THEY AREN'T, NEITHER IS MY SON. YOU SEEM TO BE PROFILING ALL PEOPLE WHO GET ARRESTED. I COULD, IN TURN, PROFILE ALL COPS AS AGGRESSIVE, MEAN SPIRITED, AND BRUTAL, I CHOOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
AGAIN, ANY REASON WHY THEY COULDN'T SHOW JUST A LITTLE COMPASSION AND PICK HIS FINGER UP??
To put a name to the face of the person who got shot in Clarendon Park, I looked up Detrick Garrett of Chicago on facebook. On July 5th he posted "Happy belated 4th of July", and "I just want everyone to know I love them all."
ReplyDeleteHow sad to think those probably were his last words to his friends and family. I also looked at one of his friends on facebook and according to his friend:
"Detrick-Cutty Smooths was a rapper in group Masked up ent. who just lost his life to this sensless violence,he had a lot of talent and a good heart..."
Though I didn't know this young man putting a face to this crime is what it is all about. These senseless acts of violence need to STOP!!!!!
Rest In Peace.
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ReplyDelete"Frustrated 50" is attempting to post a link to an article called
Our Hero: The Life of a Cop
I have no problem putting it through, except that the Sun-Times's legal department is extremely particular about their copyright and the use of their words being posted outside of their own website. (Let's just say, we went through one lawsuit last year thanks to Peter Holsten's attorneys not liking us or our posters being anonymous, and that's enough for right now. The Sun-Times has threatened litigation in the past about us "over quoting" and we're cautious.)
So, the link "Frustrated 50" is trying to post is above. I'm not putting through his/her original comment because the article is quoted in its entirety. We can't edit comments, so click on the link if you want to see the article.